Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Martin Luther on Music

"...I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people happy; they forget thereby all wrath, unchastity, arrogance and the like. Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honour..."

More info on Luther's writings about music is here

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just shows that the great and illustrious Martin Luther wasn't omniinfallible! :0

Great Site Mark.

Jim